THE

        THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

                             OF THE

            Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital,
               Kanke, in Bihar, for the year

                                1937.

1.  Administration.—I held charge of the hospital throughout
the year under report.

2.  Provinces served.—The hospital continues to receive
patients from the Provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The
allocation of beds to the Provinces are as follows :—

3. Accommodation.—The sanctioned accommodation of the
hospital including the emergency beds, sanctioned by Govern-
ment to release overcongestion in the Male Section are as
under:—

4. Statement no. I—Patients.—The sub-joined table shows
the number of patients resident in the hospital on the 1st January
1937 and the two previous years.

5. The total population of the hospital as per statement I
during 1937, and the two previous years was as follows :—